diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
index 30b35c9..ba8fcea 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ namespace chaiscript
       m_engine.add(fun(&ChaiScript::version_patch, this), "version_patch");
       m_engine.add(fun(&ChaiScript::version, this), "version");
 
+      m_engine.add(fun(&ChaiScript::add_global_const, this), "add_global_const");
+      m_engine.add(fun(&ChaiScript::add_global, this), "add_global");
+
       do_eval(ChaiScript_Prelude::chaiscript_prelude(), "standard prelude");
     }
 
diff --git a/unittests/global_in_script.chai b/unittests/global_in_script.chai
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..951a910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/global_in_script.chai
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+var i = 5
+add_global(i, "j")
+
+def myFun()
+{
+  assert_equal(j, 5)
+}
+
+myFun();